Direct projections from nucleus X to the external cortex of the inferior colliculus in the rat.
Direct projections from nucleus X to the external cortex of the inferior colliculus (ICe) were found in the rat by the retrograde single- and double-labeling methods. The projections are bilateral with a clear contralateral dominance. Some of these projections are made by axon collaterals of projection fibers from nucleus X to the ventrobasal thalamus. On the other hand, projection fibers from nucleus X to the cerebellum send no axon collaterals to ICe.
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Department of Morphological Brain Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D007245:Inferior Colliculi / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D014726:Vestibular Nuclei / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*